Archive for May 26th 2013

Hundreds of north London residents have marched against plans to close their local fire station, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has said.
London Fire Brigade (LFB) plans to close 12 fire stations remove 18 fire engines, and make 500 job cuts.
The FBU ...

A small aeroplane has made a safe emergency landing at Dundee Airport after one of its propellers stopped working.
Police, fire, ambulance and coastguard services were called to the airport and a full emergency was declared at about 15:50.
Roads were...

Three suspicious scrapyard fires in the Black Country in the past week could have been started by the same people, police say.
About 50 vehicles were destroyed in the latest fire at A&A Auto Express in Smethwick, on Friday night.
On Tuesday night...

Firefighters have been called to what it is described as a "major scrubland and forestry fire" in Slamannan.
The outbreak was reported at about 12:15. A total of 40 firefighters are tackling the blaze.
The fire is close to Shielknowes Farm on the A80...

Two goods trains have collided in the US state of Missouri, bringing down a road bridge and leaving seven people injured.
The crash, in Scott County, prompted one of the trains to derail, hitting a pillar propping up Highway M, reports said.
Two cars...

A field where a cargo plane crashed and burst into flames, is set to be dug up to stop hazardous chemicals entering Guernsey's water supply.
Foam used by firefighters to tackle the blaze when the plane from Luton came down, in 1999, had unsafe levels...

Six people have been treated by paramedics after a chemical incident at a hospital in Folkestone.
The alert followed the discovery of an unknown substance found in public toilets at the Royal Victoria Hospital.
Firefighters wearing chemical protectio...

A couple and five children have been taken to hospital after a fire which destroyed their caravan at a park in Gwynedd.
The incident happened just before 08:00 BST at Cefn Ddwysarn near Bala.
An electric heater set the touring caravan's awning alight...

A man has suffered burns to his hands and face, and a broken leg, as he escaped from a house fire.
Fire Scotland said the man appears to have jumped from the two-storey mid-terraced house in Tranent, East Lothian.
Firefighters from Tranent, Musselbur...